US shift away from Europe ‘didn’t really start with President Trump,’ says EU’s top diplomat – Europe live

She said that the US shift away from Europe is a “long term” process and the bloc needs to urgently adaptNorway’s Støre also spoke about the need to strengthen the European security by investing with other European partners – and the changing nature of Europe’s alliance with the US.In a pointed rebuke to Trump’s recent criticism of Nato saying:“When I met President Trump [for the] first time I … looked him in the eyes and said: it’s important for a Norwegian prime minister to look a US president in the eyes and say: 100 km from my border is the world’s largest nuclear arsenal and it is not directed against me, but against you.It makes a difference that we monitor those submarines. We know when they leave port, we know when they test their new weapon systems and we share it with you and we collaborate … on monitoring that. Continue reading...